Abstract. We present numerical investigations of the value distribution and distribution of Fourier coefficients of the Eisenstein series E(z; s) on arithmetic and non-arithmetic Fuchsian groups. Our numerics indicate a Gaussian limit value distribution for a real-valued rotation of E(z; s) as Re s = 1/2, Im s → ∞ and also, on non-arithmetic groups, a complex Gaussian limit distribution for E(z; s) when Re s > 1/2 near 1/2 and Im s → ∞, at least if we allow Re s → 1/2 at some rate. Furthermore, on non-arithmetic groups and for fixed s with Re s ≥ 1/2 near 1/2, our numerics indicate a Gaussian limit distribution for the appropriately normalized Fourier coefficients.